| 1 | 1 | | 88R1579 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 820 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of |
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| 8 | 8 | | electric and hybrid vehicles. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [and] 502.357, and 502.360 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county |
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| 15 | 15 | | assessor-collector under this chapter. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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| 17 | 17 | | is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID |
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| 19 | 19 | | VEHICLES. (a) In this section: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses |
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| 21 | 21 | | electricity as its only source of motor power. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses |
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| 23 | 23 | | gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and electricity as its sources |
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| 24 | 24 | | of motor power. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, |
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| 26 | 26 | | at the time of application for registration or renewal of |
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| 27 | 27 | | registration of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, the |
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| 28 | 28 | | applicant shall pay an additional fee of: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) $200, if the vehicle is an electric vehicle; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) $100, if the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) Fees collected under this section must be deposited to |
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| 32 | 32 | | the credit of the state highway fund, except that 10 percent of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | fees collected under this section must be deposited to the credit of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the electric vehicle battery disposal account created under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Subsection (d). |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) The electric vehicle battery disposal account is |
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| 37 | 37 | | created as an account in the general revenue fund and shall be |
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| 38 | 38 | | administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Commission on |
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| 40 | 40 | | Environmental Quality to reimburse costs incurred by this state or |
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| 41 | 41 | | political subdivisions of this state that are associated with the |
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| 42 | 42 | | disposal of electric vehicle batteries. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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